Movies like Little Nicholas (2009)
The best movies like Little Nicholas (2009) are Nicholas on Holiday (2014), Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021) and Little Spirou (2017). If Little Nicholas hooked you with its comedy and family, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMoonrise Kingdom (2012)7.7/10 from 6,567 votes
- NewestNot Without My Shrink (2024)Released 2024
- In FrenchNicholas on Holiday (2014)Also in French
- Same seriesNicholas on Holiday (2014)Little Nicholas Trilogy
Nicholas on Holiday (2014)
It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage.
Why it matches: Same series: Little Nicholas Trilogy · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLittle Nicholas' Treasure (2021)
In the peaceful world of Little Nicholas, there is Daddy, Mommy, the school, but above all, his band of friends. They are called The Invincibles, but above all they are inseparable. At least they think so. But when Dad gets a promotion and announces that the family is moving to the south of France, Nicolas' world falls apart. How can he imagine life without his best friends?
Why it matches: Same series: Little Nicholas Trilogy · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Spirou (2017)
Petit Spirou, like all his family before him, has a career destiny all traced. When his mother announces that he will integrate the bellhop school at the beginning of the new school year, Petit Spirou, with the help of his friends, will take advantage of his last days of class to declare his love to Suzette. And no matter how. They decide to live an extraordinary adventure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisBelle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues (2015)
September, 1945. Sebastian impatiently waits for the return of his friend Angelina, whom he has not seen for two years. When the plane carrying the young woman to her small village in the Alps is reported to have crashed in the mountains, Sebastian is convinced that Angelina is still alive. Along with his faithful dog Belle, Sebastian embarks on the most dangerous adventure of his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tuche Family (2011)
Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. After winning the lottery, the Tuches get rich beyond their wildest dreams and move to Monaco. And while attempting to fit in in their swanky new homeland, they struggle to stay true to the same principles by which they've always lived.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe Are Family (2016)
Thirteen-year-old Bastien is the center of a reconstructed family: six half-brothers and sisters, eight "parents," and as many houses. His tasks within the family are far more complex than what he has to do at school. But enough's enough: the children decide to wage a revolution and turn the rules upside down. All together, they squat a large apartment and now it'll be up to the parents to come to them!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThose Happy Days (2006)
Set in 1992, a manager Vincent has to run a children's holiday camp for three weeks and to face the unexpected concerning the place, his colleagues, various problems linked to children about the rooms, trips, their belongings...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSchool of Life (2017)
Paris 1930. Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the Parisian working class suburbs. Entrusted to a joyful country woman, Célestine, and her husband, Borel, the rather stiff gamekeeper of a vast estate in Sologne, the city child, recalcitrant and stubborn, arrives in a mysterious and disturbing world, that of a sovereign and wild region. The huge forest, misty ponds, heaths, and fields all belong to the Count de la Fresnaye, an elderly taciturn man who lives alone in his manor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like this10 Days with Dad (2020)
Antoine is the Head of HR of a big company. Managing people is his thing, so when his overwhelmed wife suddenly decides to go on holiday and leave him with the responsibility of the house and their four kids, he knows it will be a piece of cake for him. But Antoine has drastically underestimated the mess that four mischievous kids can cause...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisProblemos (2017)
When a pandemic strikes the world, Victor and his family get stuck within a hippie community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisHOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012)
When reporter Dan Geraldo arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito, D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWar of the Buttons (2011)
Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisNot Without My Shrink (2024)
A successful psychoanalyst's life is turned upside down by a very anxious and extremely clingy patient who starts dating his daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStuck Together (2021)
Seven families live in the Parisian apartment building at 8, Rue de l’Humanite - and they didn’t escape to the countryside at the arrival of the coronavirus. Three months of life under lockdown will reveal the best and worst of these neighbours.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBelle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter (2018)
12 year-old Sebastian has decided not to follow his father and Angelina to Canada, deciding to stay in the alps to watch over Belle who has now become the mother of three beautiful pups. When a stranger arrives claiming to be Belle’s rightful owner, Sebastian will do all it takes to protect his best friend and her little ones.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVive la France (2013)
Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country’s existence, the son of Taboulistan’s president decides to instigate a program of publicity terrorism. To that end, he recruits our two naive shepherds, their mission: to destroy the Eiffel Tower! But the France that Muzafar and Feruz discover is far from what they had expected...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisKing (2022)
King, a trafficked lion cub, escapes from the airport and takes refuge with Inès and Alex, who then have the crazy idea of getting him back to Africa. Anything can happen when Max their kooky grandfather, decides to join the adventure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDucoboo 2: Crazy Vacation (2012)
Ducobu goes on holiday in the south of France.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Little Something Extra (2024)
To escape the police, a father and his son are forced to find refuge in a summer camp for young adults with mental disabilities, taking on the role of an educator and a boarder. The beginning of troubles and a wonderful human experience that will change them forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWar of the Buttons (2011)
A village in the South of France, 1960. A band of country boys aged 7 to 14, led by fearless young Lebrac, wages an uncompromising battle against their sworn rivals, the kids from the neighboring village. A war of honor and allegiance that's been kept alive for generations, in which humiliation is the most fearsome defeat and no tactic is too extreme, including attacking the enemy stark naked!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZaï Zaï Zaï Zaï (2022)
Imagine a world where the worst behaviour you could ever have is to forget your store's loyalty card in your other trousers...that's what happens to Adrien. This serious misconduct forces him to go into hiding, as both police and media hunt him down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMoonrise Kingdom (2012)
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGaston Lagaffe (2018)
Gaston is a new guy at the Peticoin start-up. With his delusional inventions, he will change the lives of his colleagues. Cat, seagull, cow, and gaffophone will be at the center of the mishaps of this genius laidback handyman who wants only to do good, but has the gift of annoying Prunelle, his boss. Can those Gaston's gaffes galore prevent the buy-out of the Peticoin by Mr. de Mesmaeker?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLes Municipaux, ces héros (2018)
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThunderstruck (2012)
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDennis the Menace (1993)
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHow to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when their human owners end up in trouble, the tiny pups will stop at nothing to save them - because in good times and hard times, the family always sticks together. So Papi, Chloe and the puppies embark on a heroic adventure, proving once again that big heroes come in small packages.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisNeither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)
In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Little Nicholas?
The closest matches to Little Nicholas are Nicholas on Holiday (2014), Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021) and Little Spirou (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Little Nicholas?
People who watched Little Nicholas most often go on to Little Spirou (2017), Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues (2015) and The Tuche Family (2011).
What is the highest-rated movie like Little Nicholas?
Moonrise Kingdom (2012), rated 7.7/10 by 6,567 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Little Nicholas?
Not Without My Shrink (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Little Nicholas part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Little Nicholas Trilogy, which includes Nicholas on Holiday (2014) and Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021).
Are there French movies like Little Nicholas?
Yes: Nicholas on Holiday (2014), Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021) and Little Spirou (2017).
How are movies similar to Little Nicholas chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Little Nicholas, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.